1. Rolling Blackouts for Big Island--'due to lower wind, solar output'
2. Homicide up 175% in Honolulu
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 13, 2024
4. Got your Top Three? Secret Staffing Agency Helps State Retirees get Contract Work
5. Maui County Still Has No Plan to issue Lahaina Building permits—And Won’t have a Plan for Months to Come
6. What Causes Hawaii’s Brain Drain? Lack Of Good Jobs
7. Hawaiian Humane Society sees unprecedented number of shelter dogs due to families leaving Hawaii
8. Honolulu Council Debates 100% Tax Hike on Short-Term Rental Owners
9. SB2919 Vacation rental bill is headed to Conference Ctte
10. Hawaii this Nov. deciding constitutional amendment regarding same-sex marriage

1. "How it feels to move to Las Vegas" Grassroot Hawaii Instagram posts attract 2.2 million views in March
2. A tax proposal I actually like
3. 2nd Crossover: Senate Moves 182 Bills
4. Honolulu Joining National Legal Strategy to Sue Glock
5. City Closing Ulehawa Beach Park to Clean Tons of Homeless Tent City Garbage
6. DOH announces new RFPs for ground ambulance services for Kaua‘i and Maui Counties
7. E Maui Water Diversion: Sierra Club Loses at ICA
8. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
9. Aloha ThinkTech
10. More than 100%??? -- Rail Project Director Flees State, “increases the risk of failure”
11. Eminent Domain at Center of Plan to build a new Lahaina
12. Hawaii DoE: Decades of Failure
13. Mercado Kim Text Messages Stage Manage Board of Regents Meetings
14. HB2690: Give Water Activists Complete Control over all Development to drive housing costs even higher
15. SB1035: No GE Tax on health care

1. Rape and Death: HB2340 pays $2.5M to Coverup Foster Care Disasters
2. Affordable Housing?  HB2328 Bethel Block Bill Secretly a Sweet Deal for Fullard-Leo Family
3. 236 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
4. Termite Tent Violation Links Miske to Teamsters, ILWU Violence
5. 9 indicted for allegedly selling over 150 pounds of meth
6. Decommissioning of Mauna Kea observatory set to resume after winter pause –Telescope to be Shipped to Chile, where Science is Appreciated
7. Trump VP: Tulsi Gabbard not hot enough?
8. Another case of travel-related dengue reported on Oahu
9. Hawaii a Vacation Destination Middle-Class Families Can’t Afford Anymore

1. SB2706: 'Expungement' will help sex offenders find work in Hawaii schools
2. Study STR economic impact before banning them
3. ‘Surprise’ state tax last straw for veteran Hawaii bar owner?
4. Legislators “stripped out pretty much everything that made it work.”
5. Health Department: Lahaina Ocean Waters Safe for Recreation
6. Hawaii #3 for Per-Capita Congressional Earmarks
7. Former MMA fighter testifies he carried out beatings for alleged crime boss Mike Miske
8. Video shows robbery of BVNK store by Miske crew wearing ‘Sheriff’ Shirts
9. $120M for 5 Years use of New Elementary School In West Maui
10. Maui Fire litigation State Court hearing to take place today
11. Lahaina: “You go through the buffet line, and you sit down, and you get to have a meal with your community.”
12. Lahaina's Santa Claus Joins The Exodus From Maui
13. Liquor Comm Denying UIPA Requests
14. Harassment: Waikiki building owner racks up $100,000 in fines
15. Water likely to shut off to Camp Erdman, dozens of Mokuleia residents in July
16. Convert Papahanaumokuakea into a Marine Sanctuary before a Trump Return

1. Case: FEMA should build housing on Maui
2. Waipahu High students, Hawai‘i Pacific Health doctors and nurses to work side by side in new Academic Health Center
3. Study: Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation Problem
4. Rising insurance rates on the horizon for Hawaii residents following Maui fires
5. HB2743:  A new $1,200 per year tax
6. A Low-Income Housing Complex Is First to get Building Permit After Lahaina Fire
7. CNHA Complains Maui Fire Victims Unwilling to Leave Island
8. Hawaii lawmakers aim to avert ‘early’ DHHL funding lapse
9. Lahaina Protesters Trash Wedding
10. The Miske trial may be nearing the half-way point
11. Death Of Foster Child $750,000 Settlement Keeps CWS Secrets
12. Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight   
13. Mental health crisis center open in Iwilei—but half of homeless need padded cell

1. Rich States, Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 41st--Will Legislature Send Tax Cuts to Governor?
2. Prices in Hawaii are Ridiculous: 7 Things that Cost Way More
3. SB2553: Hawaii 'opt out' retirement scam
4. Two Big Scandals Joined?  DPP Criminal Architect also Working for Mitsunaga
5.  ‘There might be some type of corruption’ -- Homosexual Child Molester gets Sweet Plea Bargain
6. HB1595 Expungements: Thousands of Big Island Criminals to get records wiped
7. Hawaii ban on short-term vacation rentals moves forward in state legislature
8. 1,100 Lahaina Voices Stifled because a purple-haired armed robber didn’t submit testimony online
9. Cockfighting bills die in Hawaii State Legislature due to Mafia Opposition
10. Opioid Dealer Plea Bargain Backed by 117 pages of testimonials from current and former Honolulu police officers, City Council members, and state lawmakers
11. Frequent Turnover At Hawaii's Education Board Engineered by Legislators
12. Inspectors are finding more Hawaii public schools with inoperable fire alarms
13. Honolulu permitting office cites Hawaiian lūʻau for being in a residential area

1. Marconi Point Project Connected to DPP Bribery Scandal
2. Hours extended for re-entry access into Lahaina Wildfire Disaster Area
3. Lahaina: 43.8% of businesses “critical, on life support"
4. 2,694 fire survivors living in 11 hotels—FEMA gives one month extension
5. Half of rental units reserved for Maui fire victims (and paid by taxpayers) are sitting vacant
6. FBI had been Investigating Miske Since 2008 
7. HB2404: Tax Cut for Working Families heads to Conference Where Real Bill Will be Written
8. HB2653: Estate Tax Cut for Hawaii Small Business Owners
9. Honolulu City Council requested to condemn properties for rail
10. Crews will remove 2nd Maunakea telescope starting April 15
11. Slick Maneuver: Company announces plan to donate land for Lahaina fire debris
12. Judge Blocks New Appointee From Joining Maui Planning Commission
13. Retired State Ag Official Blamed for Invasive Species Spread Returns To The Agency
14. 14 Convictions in 16 Years--Out on the Street, does it again

1. Will Hawaii ever have a ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’?
2. ‘Grave Threat’: Calls Mount For SCOTUS To Intervene In Hawaii Climate Lawsuit Against Major Energy Companies
3. Murder for Hire and Witness Intimidation: Read The Latest Bizarre Motion In The Keith Kaneshiro Bribery Case
4. Why Does Neil Abercrombie want State to Buy Buildings in Chinatown?
5. Homicide Up Sharply on Oahu
6.  ‘Rest Stop’ to Pass out Free Needles to Help Homeless Drug Addicts Shoot More Drugs

1. Road to rebuilding Lahaina paved with obstructions
2. SB3196: Gun Control Bill Dead for Session
3. How to Nurse Hawaii Back to Good Health
4. Trask: UH Regents Shakeup May Profit OHA
5. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
6. The Passthrough Entity Problem
7. EPA Orders Hawaii County to Upgrade Sewage Treatment Systems
8. Hawaiian Electric Cracks Down on Useless Solar Production
9. Council Pay Hikes:  Waters copies Hanabusa
10. Conservative Hawaii emerges, bucks pot legalization
11. Big power supply problems continue to plague Hawaii island
12. Lahaina Fire: Lawyers and Insurance Companies Point To One Termite-Damaged Utility Pole
13. Mercado Kim Gives Brennon Morioka Authority over UH Construction
14. Vacation rentals bill blasted: Commissioners get an earful over proposed TAR regulations
15. Amid cost of living concerns, consumers in Hawaii find food prices differ widely by location

1. Judge Dismisses Claims: State cannot be Sued in Federal Court over Lahaina Fire
2. 229 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
3. HB1595: Mass expungement of 50,000 criminal records in Hawaii
4. Honolulu City Council member introduces resolutions to address controversial pay raises
5. Lesbian Liquor commissioner resigns after alleged drunken confrontation at Playbar Waikiki
6. Child Suffers for 17 Years Because Addicts Are Not Forcibly Incarcerated in Treatment Facilities
7. Eight Months Later--Kahului Housing Project For 500 Fire Survivors Finally Opens

1. Studies show Hawaii was correct to pass on dangerous marijuana legalization
2. Ministry of Truth: Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Set Standards for Ethical News Sources
3. Lahaina Fire Solution: A Rate Hike, of Course
4. Rabbi likely to win bias suit against Hawaii County
5. 4,000 Flee Maui--Lahaina emergency proclamation causing more homelessness
6. Architect Laurel Mau Testifies In Bribery Trial About Abrupt Firing From Mitsunaga & Associates
7. Ex-HPD officer pleads guilty to child sex assault, pimping
8. Hawaii's Top Court Says A Fetus Is Not A Person
9. Under legislative proposal, thousands of Hawaii drivers would have to buy more insurance
10. DHHL Land Buys: $600M will be encumbered by June 30
11. Same-sex marriage bill remains alive
12. Drug-use linked to crime, homelessness in the islands
13. Column: Change isles’ licensing policy to keep mental health clinicians
14. Public Utilities Commission Increases Transparency
15. NIMBY News: Opponents Of Kauai Hydro Plan Drop Lawsuit But Project Is Still In Limbo
16. NIMBY News: A Project Aimed At Helping Upcountry Maui's Water Shortages Is Getting Pushback From Residents

1. The Secret History of the Mercado Kim Crime Family
2. DLNR Now Charging $1 to Use Ocean
3. HONU Housing Less Than One Homeless Per Day
4. How to revive Hawaii’s downtown centers
5. Lahaina: 500 Properties Cleared, Zero Building Permits Issued
6. After controversial raises, voters may get a chance to weigh in on Council salary hikes
7. Longer council terms rejected following robust criticism
8. Marijuana decriminalization bill advances after pot legalization bill dies
9. More on the 2012 assault of event promoter Michael Galmiche
10. Discrimination Suit Against Kauai Police Chief Dismissed, Captain Forced To Retire
11. Questions swirl over whether wildfire relief aid will pay tab for Maui mayor’s enhanced security
12. Garbage News: City Points to Waipio Peninsula to Justify Extending Use of Waimanalo Gulch

1. Hawaii 2nd Highest State Tax Burden
2. Gabbard Claims she Rejected RFK's Vice-Presidency
3. SB2335: Recreational Marijuana Bill Appears Dead for Session
4. EXTENDED AGAIN: Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
5. How HPD and HFP Made Miske Fireworks Investigation Go Away
6. After Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga trials, Is Wheat Finished With Hawaii’s Political Criminals?
7. Only 21 Accept Lahaina ‘Ohana Fund’ Settlement Offer
8. Bill aims to exempt private practice physicians from GET
9. Your Electric Bill Could Be Going Up 5% To Help HECO Pretend to Pay For Wildfire Prevention
10. UH Regents Are Stepping Up The Search For A New President
11. HB2802: Lock Gay Marriage into State Constitution
12. Hawaii Lawmakers Move to Ban Ammo Sales to those Under 21
13. Hawaii Senate bill targets outdated emergency communication control, stirs debate
14. Queen's completes purchase of Wahiawa General Hospital
15. Flacking for latest CNHA Scheme, Council Grills Kapiolani Park Preservation Society
16. Guilty plea expected in pandemic benefits theft case

1. Twenty States Ask SCOTUS to Stop Hawaii Supreme Court from Dictating US Energy Policy
2. Concealed Carry Win on Big Island
3. How OHA Affects All People
4. Lahaina Fire: COFA Citizens may now Apply for FEMA Aid
5. High Fives And Hugs: Witness Describes Friendly Relationship Between Mike Miske And HPD Officers
6. Navy Whistleblower Pursued Fraud Case Against Red Hill Contractors, Unsealed Documents Show
7. Eminent Domain News: Green Will Take ‘Unilateral Action’ To Install ‘Venice of the Pacific’ Tourist Water Feature
8. As deadline looms, lawmakers evaluating best use of limited money for tax breaks
9. SB3202: Housing density bill curtailed
10. Hawaii County Council Vice Chair Against Surprise Name Change for Island
11. GPS data to be presented at trial will show officers drove past crash scene after pursuit, records reveal
12. Honolulu Short 437 Officers
13. ACLU: State Supreme Court helps us turn Honolulu into one Gigantic Festering Homeless Tent City

1. Salary Needed for family of Four to Live Comfortably in Honolulu -- $299K
2. April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
3. To Buy a House on Maui, Spend 100.5% of your Wages
4. Gut the middle class:  Flow of affordable-housing funding faces redirection
5. Neither the AG nor the Honolulu Prosecutor want to prosecute Misdemeanors
6. Scientists Say Lahaina's Offshore Water Quality Is Pretty Good Despite The Hype
7. Navy Says Its Vast Testing Of Pearl Harbor Water Has Been Flawed
8. Miske trial to resume with more testimony about assault on a rival promoter more than a decade ago
9. Bills to crack down on illegal game rooms finally get a hearing after mounting community pressure
10. Petition calls for more protections for domestic violence victims

​April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month

1. Hawaii Legislators Proclaim Easter Sunday to be 'Transgender Day of Visibility'
2. Eight Parties on Hawaii Ballot--but Democrats Challenge Kennedy's 'We The People'
3. GET on Health Care, Revisited
4. The impressive journey of ‘Jonathan Gullible’
5. Crucial housing, healthcare bills still very much alive at Legislature 
6. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
7. Tulsi for VP? One Down, One to Go
8. With CNHA Moving on to Lahaina Schemes, HTA gets Legislative Support Again
9. Maui's doctor shortage crisis: Physicians rally to eliminate tax burden
10. Big rent-to-own housing push by DHHL
11.  ‘Resident-preference’ housing measure is for show only
12. Now Chinese migrants are sneaking onto Guam
13. Hawaii County Council – Longer terms of Office?
14. Prosecutors are slowly moving the Miske case forward
15. Could power go out at Merrie Monarch Festival?

1. Stop Big Oil Suit: Did Hawaii's Hyper-Ideological Supreme Court Blow It?
2. 216 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
3. Court documents reveal murdered youth gang ‘counselor’ was allegedly involved in drug ring
4. Honolulu Council Chair Tommy Waters to reject 3% raise

1. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
2. Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to Two Gangs of Insiders
3. Senate WAM Approves Budget
4. Criminal Escapes Kauai Jail, Dead After Run Over by Car 
5. Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court
6. Recktenwald Appoints Michelle N. Comeau Oahu District Judge
7. OIP Director Leaving Office
8. DoD Returns Red Hill Control to US Navy
9. Maui facing suicides, exodus amidst housing struggle
10. Maui's Housing Crisis Only Got Worse After The Fires. Will This New Department Help?  (CLUE: ‘No’)
11. Rich Landowners Destroy Historic Buildings Because State Historic Preservation Division Too Busy Blocking Affordable Housing
12. Emails At Bribery Trial Show Alleged 'Courtship' Between Mitsunaga And Kaneshiro Reps
13. HECO could be fined for power outages in Mililani meant to prevent wildfires
14. Lawmakers push for bill that would privatize public boat harbors like the Ala Wai
15. Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines create timing agreement regarding merger
16. Democrats Trying to Keep Kennedy off ballot
17. LOL! Senators Want ‘Media Council’ to Name ‘Approved’ Journalists

1. A hard look at the root causes of the exodus
2. Council resolution exemplifies why we still have housing crisis
3. Green Maui Update: Will not seize TVRs
4. ‘I hope you die a slow and painful death’--Student 'triggered' by Israeli flags at UH Manoa 
5. Hawaii #1 for Jaywalking Tickets
6. Tourism Arrivals and Spending Down
7. Lahaina Rebuild Still Blocked: “No Permits Until Later this Year”
8. How Many Miske Codefendants got release from detention after a guilty plea?
9. What Is The Real Cost Of Affordable Housing In Hawaii?
10. Hawaii Senate Committee’s Spending Plan Includes Hundreds Of Millions For Maui Fire Costs  
11. EPA’s integrity is questioned for withholding Red Hill tests
12. DPP to Replace 30-year old Computer System
13. Attorney for alleged victim takes stand in bribery trial against former city prosecutor
14. Mililani residents say their drinking water suddenly looks more like milk
15. How Much Should People Know About A School's Safety Plan? Officials Are Reluctant To Reveal Too Much

1. Exodus to Mainland: State Loses $185M Tax Revenue
2. SB2845: Ammo Purchase Age Restrictions heading to House Vote
3. Jones Act reform doesn’t divide neatly along political party lines
4. Green Appoints Dozens to Powerful State Boards
5. TRO Denied: Author of Child Sex Change Kidnapping Legalization Bill Plays Victim
6. Honolulu City Council delays gift ban bill for workers
7. The Senate Just Killed Green’s Plan For A Climate Fee For Visitors
8. City Council adopts resolution opposing ‘tiny lots’ bill
9. ‘Fragile’ health care system on Oahu adds staffing in wake of key ER closure
10. HECO Mililani blackouts almost daily
11. Hamakua Energy Plant Fails under Hawaiian Electric Ownership
12. Hawaii Board Of Education To Get New ‘Leader’ For The Third Time In 2 Years
13. Rules that help set real estate agent commissions could soon change in Hawaii
14. Will Maui Council Allow Water Well Drilling Upcountry?
15. Hilo gun rights advocate George Young dies at 74

1. Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
2. HELCO Predicts tight supply of electricity on Hawaii Island Thru April
3. HGEA Plants Convicted Felon on HLRB
4. Puna Man Charged with Heinous Abuse of a 2-Year-Old Girl
5. Bill 121: TVRs to be Banned?
6. Hawaii Democratic-controlled Senate Committee Passes COS Resolution
7. Lahaina: 3,280 people still living in hotels with two weeks to go
8. Proposed Council raises draw public concern
9. Gay Socialist Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation
10. Hawaii AG's Office Explains How It Drafted Marijuana Legalization Bill
11. How many Criminals are on Electronic Monitoring In Hawaii?
12. Jury in Kaneshiro bribery case shown cell phone videos of alleged victim being fired
13. $12.5M settlement reached for victim in near-fatal Makaha crash involving 4 officers
14. Two Miske co-defendants sentenced following guilty pleas

1. Leaked WPATH Files Expose Medical Malpractice at Global Transgender Healthcare Authority
2. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics about Vacation Rentals
3. DHHL Broken Promises II Premiere and Panel Discussion
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 23, 2024
6. Cost of NIMBYism way too high
7. Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move
8. Illegal ‘Straw’ Donations Spotlighted By Mitsunaga Case Are Rarely Prosecuted
9. Lahaina Fire Subpoenas: Maui County Attorneys Push Back Against AG
10. Lapsing Date helps Mercado Kim Steer UH Construction Contracts
11. ‘Social Worker’ Shot in Drug Deal Gone Bad?
12. Lifelong Criminal Found Dead in Keehi Lagoon--‘accidental’
13. ‘Safe Space’ draws concerns: Residents, lawmaker worried about impact of homeless camp on Downtown Hilo

• Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics about Vacation Rentals
• How One East Hawaii TVR Strangled on Regulations and Fees
• A monstrosity built with tea leaves and pasted together with poi
• Punaluu: Abandoned buildings, golf course, and aging sewer treatment plant won’t be fixed
• Tax Hikes Based on Scorn for Taxpayers

1. Fear of the Unknown
2. 201 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
3. Lawmakers’ rigged game keeps them cozy and paid
4. HB2184: Public Corruption a Source of Campaign Funds
5. Scammers Shudder as State senators target Hawaii’s energy policy agency
6. The Clock Is Ticking For Hawaii To Waste Its Remaining $400M in Federal Coronavirus Funds
7. The state’s largest largest daily newspaper fails its first test under new ownership
8. More examples of Miske’s threats disrupting bidding at a Honolulu auto auction
9. Housing: Its getting Harder and Harder for Governor to Blame TVRs
10. Allow more ohana housing to ease crisis
11. Zoning reform can cure isles’ housing struggles
12. Lawmakers Need A Better Plan For Figuring Out The Cost Of Legislation
13. Can state stem condo-insurance crisis?
14. FAFSA Debacle may dent UH Enrollment

1. Victory! Honolulu Agrees to Suspend Enforcement of Unconstitutional Ordinance, Saving Local Businesses
2. Fraud: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty
3. Hawaii has the Most Long-Tenured Homeowners in the US 
4. Maui, land of infernal regulations 
5. Criminal Escapes Kauai Jail, Immediately Gets Run Over by Car 
6. Amid mounting litigation, Hawaii lawmakers doubt Maui County will take the fall for Hawaiian Electric
7. EPA calls for mediator at Red Hill community meetings
8. Speed camera measure fast tracks through Legislature

1. HECO's Secret Wildfire Plan: Congress Demands Answers
2. Disgraced Mililani Athletic Director Fined $274,500 by Ethics Commission
3. Mortgage Delinquencies Spike After Lahaina Fires
4. States Adding the Most Mortgage Debt -- Hawaii Ranks 3rd
5. Hawaii -- Most Affordable State For Healthcare
6. Lawmakers consider taking your tax dollars to shield HECO, KSBE from future fire-related suits
7. PUC Opens Secret Docket on Maui Wildfires--HECO Rejects Plan to depower Lines
8. Carpenter Media completes purchase of Star-Advertiser parent
9. Nago Reappointed, Legislature prepares to replace State Auditor 
10. NIMBYS Oppose Emergency Housing for Lahaina Survivors
11. Can Chemophobia Campaign Scare Lahaina Property Owners Away?
12. Testimony: Five nightclubs attacked with termite fumigation chemical
13. The Hawaii DOE Has Defaulted On Rent Owed To Another State Agency
14. Designer is commissioned to convert state Capitol pools to waterless feature
15. Racetrack for Kalaeloa?
16. Suspect Released ‘Pending Investigation’, Mocks System on Video

1. Class of 2024 high school graduation ceremonies scheduled
2. Allowing smaller lots and homes would benefit families, promote affordability
3. Kaneshiro Defense: Framing up People at the behest of campaign Contributors is just ‘politics as usual’
4. SB2768: Carbon Credit Scams Coming to Hawaii
5. From Hawaii To Texas And Back: How Geanna Bradley Ended Up With The Couple Accused Of Killing Her
6. Spring break tourists flocking to Hawaii, but hotel occupancy remains below pre-COVID levels
7. HPD Investigates 2 Officers For Manslaughter In The Death Of A 77-Year-Old Criminal 

1. Roadblocks to Re-Building on Maui
2. Hawaii 2nd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
3. Star-Advertiser to be Sold to Carpenter Media Friday -- after paying $150K ransom 
4. Senator Rhoads shocked, just SHOCKED to be getting death threats after suggesting assassination of Donald Trump
5. Prepping Tulsi for Trump’s Vice-Presidency: Mike Gabbard Now Supports Gay Marriage
6. Honolulu Salary Commission Considers Giving Officials Raises ‘multiple times each year’
7. No Bid $159M Job To Clean Up Lahaina's Commercial District Begins 7 Months After Fires
8. How Building Codes Act As A Regressive Tax On Affordable Housing
9. Bills could force short-term vacation rentals into long-term housing for Maui residents
10. Kawakami has an idea for ‘affordable housing’ --- Yes, its a tax hike
11. Reform HMSA practices before we run out of Doctors
12. SB2553: Hawaii Retirement Savings Program Auto-Enroll Scam Getting Closer
13. SB2443: Speeding Cameras to Make Comeback?
14. Lingle joins recreational-cannabis debate in rare public stance
15. Homeless Villages: A Viable Solution To Getting People Off The Street Or Just The Latest Fad?
16. Amid city juggling act, popular soccer complex emerges as top contender for new landfill

1. AG Points Finger at Maui County: 53 Subpoenas Delay Lahaina Fire Report
2. The last time Congress created a new state
3. Big Island Press Club celebrates retired judge, dishonors Hawai‘i emergency administrator
4. 2A News: Miske Flinched when he met One Armed Citizen
5. Thanks to Biden Administration, Hawaii Corruption Offenders Are Getting Reduced Sentences
6. AGAIN: Another Pay Hike for Honolulu Council
7. Convicted Felon Buys 300 ac in Central Maui
8. Honolulu Police Department plans to buy neighboring property owned by Union-Controlled Royal State Insurance Scheme
9. 2 Finalists Will Interview For Top Job At Law Enforcement Standards Board
10. UH Hopes To Retain Authority Over Construction Projects
11. Second segment of Skyline gets one step closer to test phase as track work gets underway
12. HB2686: ‘Solution’  for Soaring Insurance Costs?  A Tax Hike
13. ER rooms expect strain following closure at Wahiawa
14. Department of Agriculture HQ Surrounded by Homeless Drug Addicts

1. Hawaii Republican leaders secretly met with Miske Hitman Lindsey Kinney
2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
3. Public Interest Law Firm Urges Honolulu to Change Sign Regulations to Save Businesses, Protect Free Speech Rights
4. Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
5. Let's Face It: There Is No Need To Rebuild Aloha Stadium
6. More tourist tax bad for Hawaii economy
7. Bill advances towards Secretive Conference Committee:  Gives counties power to phase out short-term rental units
8. DoE News: Psycho Parent Racks up 13 years of TROs -- No Prosecution
9. Maui County Wants To Take Private Land For Fire Debris Dump Site, But Owner Wants To Build The Landfill 

1. HB2079 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
2. The Hawaii Estate Tax
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 16, 2024
4. 189 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
5. Lets Cut Jaywalkers Some Slack
6. Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move in the Legislature
7. ‘CPR king’ Abe Lee enables homeownership despite complicated legal framework
8. Green's PLA directive will make Government Contracting Even More Expensive
9. Lahaina not enough of an emergency to tap ‘Rainy Day Fund’?
10. Just Like Rail: Nobody Wants Stadium Except Developers
11. Artificial Shortage Jacks up Construction Costs
12. Estate Tax Destroying Local Family Businesses
13. HB2364:  Hike Taxes on Rental Properties and Spend the Revenue to block development
14. FEMA To Reopen Disaster Response Program To Include COFA Citizens
15. Legal Pot Bill May Be Close To Its Last Gasp
16. Mafia Testifies Against Cockfighting bill --but it still clears Senate Judiciary Committee
17. MEMA Set up as an under-staffed Fall Guy for Disaster Failures

1. Green Releases 'The Hawai‘i We Deserve' policy report
2. Hana Joins 'Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area'
3. HHFDC Selects Insiders to Develop Kapolei Parcel
4. Hawaii has lowest number of young homeowners, according to study
5. Still Waiting to Rebuild in Lahaina: 20% of Houselots cleared, 92% of Sewer lines OKd
6. Residents shocked as rent at Hilo apartment complex soars to $1,800+
7. In historic milestone, heirs of DHHL waitlist claimants begin receiving $97M in settlements
8. Wahiawa General Hospital to temporarily close emergency room for ‘several weeks’
9. 5 more eminent domains needed along Honolulu’s rail line

1. State, FEMA Agree on Plan to Push Lahaina Survivors out of Hotels
2. SB3381 Lahaina Landgrab Bill: AKAKU Hosts Community Forum
3. “Smaller homes on smaller lots”
4. Hawaii Homeland Security Announces Plan for 'Targeted Violence Prevention'
5. Blangiardi Delivers State of the City Address
6. UPDATED VOTE TOTALS: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
7. SB2922: Electric Bills going up $5B for Maui Wildfire Lawsuits
8. SB3327: No hearing for water commission bill to give Activists Total Control over water resource management
9. HB2743: Legislature Finds a Way to Tax Your Feces
10. Ing is given more time to come up with lame excuses in latest campaign spending case
11. Mauna Kea to be Exempt from Sunshine Law?
12. House Panel Spikes Bill To Publicly Fund Hawaii Elections
13. HB1980: Increase Cockfighting Penalties
14. Selling Miske’s Illegal Fireworks 
15. Fire alarm systems out of commission at 15 Hawaii schools

1. House Passes State Budget
2. Three Gun Bills on the Move
3. How One East Hawaii TVR Strangled on Regulations and Fees
4. A monstrosity built with tea leaves and pasted together with poi
5. Lahaina: 3,558 people still living in Hotels
6. FEMA Urged to Speed Access for COFA Citizens
7. Keith Kaneshiro trial is finally underway
8. Louis Kealoha Denied Sentence Reduction
9. SB3335: Recreational Marijuana Triple-Referral in House 
10. DHS Fails to Oversee Foster Kids’ Homeschooling
11. Another Killing at Home of 2021 Baby Killer
12. A COVID-era rule helped get homeless minors into housing
13. DLNR Sneaks Hydrogen Project into SB3195

1. Trump Sweeps Hawaii Republican Caucus
2. Hawaii bill that would increase automobile insurance draws ire
3. Ala Moana Acid Attack Plotted from within OCCC
4. More Defendants Could Stay Out Of Prison Through Expanded Electronic Monitoring Program
5. Attorneys for over 1,000 Maui fire survivors to sue Kamehameha Schools, state, others
6. Lahaina Wildfire Victims Fund Has 17 Applicants So Far
7. Tipping Point? Hawaii Ranked Among Destinations Middle-Class Most Struggle to Afford
8. School Superintendent Pay Hike Bill Advances
9. Buntenbah to challenge forfeiture of $250,000 mortgage
10. Hawaii Senate Panel Guts House-Passed Marijuana Expungements Bill, Limiting It To A Single-County Pilot Program
11. Proposed stevedore bills are unneeded

1. FWS Designates 119,326 acres as critical habitat on Big Island
2. Breaking Cycles Symposium updates community on plans to let lots and lots of criminals back out onto the streets
3. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
4. JSC Still Seeking Applicants for Big Island Circuit Judge
5. Husband in Manoa murder-suicide mired in debt, records show
6. Hawaii Republicans could lock up Trump’s nomination tonight
7. Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga Bribery Case Puts 'Pay To Play' On Trial
8. ‘Vacant positions’ are a Slush Fund for ‘Top Three’ Overtime
9. Revenue forecast provides no relief for Hawaii lawmakers
10. Maui Wildfire Cases Will Stay In Maui State Court
11. New State Law Could Bring Peace To Graveyard Plagued By Homeless Drug Addict Grave Robbers

1. Lahaina: Purposefully Making Rebuilding Slow, Expensive, and Frustrating
2. Bill 21: Reform emergency permitting to quicken Lahaina recovery
3. Water agency ID’d as major Lahaina recovery roadblock
4. Where to Vote: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Tuesday March 12
5. SB3381: McKelvey’s Bill to Block Lahaina Homeowners from Rebuilding Dead on Arrival in House?
6. ANOTHER salary hike for councilmembers
7. New Bill Seeks To Remove Power To Suspend Electronic Media During Emergency
8. SB2768: Carbon Trading Scam Increase Your Fuel Prices and Utility Bills
9. Push To Increase Auto Insurance Coverage Could Raise Costs 70% For Hawaii Consumers
10. Maui Councilmembers Squabble over which Affordable Housing Scheme gets the Grift
11. Builder out $1.5M after DPP Revokes permit

1. The Worst State to be Rich, Poor, or In Between
2. Listening to naysayers in the housing debate
3. Punaluu: Abandoned buildings, golf course, and aging sewer treatment plant won’t be fixed
4. 167 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2024
6. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
7. Senate: Time to Overthrow Kouchi
8. Dumping ‘Diversity’ Schemes Could Improve UH, Eliminate 100s of Make-Work Positions, and Reduce Political Polarization
9. Congress Gives Welfare to COFA Migrants as Part of Aid Deal
10. Corruption News: Mitsunaga-Kaneshiro Case Begins Monday
11. Aloha Stadium to Become Natatorium II
12. Maui Loses Last Private Practice OB/GYN
13. HEI, HECO & ASB Executives Have Golden Parachutes
14. Maui releases trove of emails offering new insight into wildfire response
15. Be Afraid.  Be Very Afraid: 800 bills still alive at state Legislature’s halfway point
16. Visitors may need pre-paid reservations for state parks
17. Hawaii ranked #2 for most dangerous state for pedestrians
18. State Shortchanges The Campaign Spending Commission

1. DHS: Green Appoints Political Hack to Oversee Department Overflowing with Dead Babies
2. Marijuana Legalization “relies on a huge criminal crackdown on the black market”
3. $250K -- Another grift for Waianae Meth Camp
4. Potential jurors in bribery trial to undergo more screening following hitman revelation
5. Another Miske Crew Beating
6. KFD douses large fire at Biomass Power Plant just outside Lihue

1. TAT Audit: Maui County fails to Collect Millions from Vacation Rentals
2. Audit: 100% FEMA Fail on Kauai Disaster Procurement
3. Study: DoE Pandemic Failure will Cost Hawaii $31B
4. OIP: Sunshine and UIPA Bills on the Move
5. Fake Minutes and Fire Secrecy: OIP Posts Three New Opinions
6. Soft on Crime: After 41-year Crime Spree, Child Molesting Meth Dealer Gets Something Besides Probation
7. Kouchi: “Strong-arming, arm-twisting, bullying of members”
8. Attorneys claim new evidence in search for spark that set off Lahaina inferno
9. DOE Construction Plan: Burn $543M before June 30
10. New Law Restricting Carrying Of Firearms May Have Unintended Consequences
11. HB1845: Publicly Financed Campaigns
12. Hawaii Human Services Director Stepping Down In May
13. Malfunction sends eastbound Skyline train in the wrong direction
14. Bill that allows homes to use gas water heaters passes to the House, Solar Industry Cries a River
15. Hawaii couple sentenced to nearly three years for stealing identities of deceased infants

1. Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
2. Anti-Israel 'Uncommitteds' Take 29% in Hawaii Democratic Primary
3. Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Pass Senate
4. DBEDT Forecast: 1.5% Economic Growth for 2024
5. Ways to Maximize Hawaii's Current Zoning Laws
6. HB1675: No GE Tax on Medical Services
7. Budget Breakthrough: New COFA Agreement will Cover Micronesians in Lahaina
8. Green finally quantifies emergency funding request related to Maui fire disaster
9. Two Temporary Group Housing Sites To Be Built In Lahaina For Maui Fire Survivors
10. Decision expected next week on where Maui wildfire case will be heard
11. Head of training at Public Safety Department avoids jail time for lying about credentials
12. Pandemic Learning Loss Could Cost Hawaii Students Billions In Future Earnings
13. Workers criticize Hawaii State Hospital safety plan
14. HB2089: Stop Building Code Churn

1. HB2802: Write Gay Marriage into State Constitution
2. Blangiardi announces dates for annual town hall meeting tour
3. 'My Vote is for Sale' -- How Biden Lost the American Samoa Democratic Caucus
4. Feds Collect $6.6M in Hawaii Forfeitures
5. Hawaii Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Prohibition
6. "A move by Senator Donna Mercado Kim to reshape the Board of Regents into her name, image, and likeness"
7. Maui is Still Waiting: Iniki Building Permits Were Issued Within One Month of Disaster
8. Judge frustrated by slow pace of the Miske trial
9. HB2079: Kids can order up sex change treatment by telehealth without parental notification
10. Hawaii May Finally Move In The Right Direction On Parental Rights In Child Welfare Cases
11. Divided state Senate rejects Nahale-a for 2nd term as UH regent
12. As telescopes are removed, Maunakea authority accomplishes almost nothing
13. State House tees up bill to kill Aloha Stadium redevelopment
14. HPD officer accused of ignoring plea for help before woman’s brutal murder is fired
15. Honolulu settles lawsuit over fatal shooting for $525K
16. Thousands In Hawaii With Arrest Records For Marijuana Possession Could Have Them Expunged
17. Appeal continues for ambulance rides that went uncharged

1. No Money for Mauna Kea? Science Foundation Funds only one Giant Telescope
2. Short-term Rental Crackdown: State, County Bills Threaten Residents
3. Case: COFA Renewal on Verge of Approval
4. Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for Senate Votes
5. Your cost of living just went up
6. SB2922: Hawaiian Electric Lahaina Liability to be a Line Item on your Electric Bill
7. Family Displaced By Lahaina Fires Keeps ‘Moving Forward’ While Waiting For Housing
8. Hawaii Lawmakers May Roll Back Development Rules To Speed Housing Projects
9. Honolulu's Building Permit Backlog Still a Mess
10. Nobody Wants School Bus Driver Jobs
11. Organizing the Whole State as an Amusement Park, lawmakers envision state visitor app to help manage tourists

1. UHERO: Regulations Double Cost of New Condos in Hawaii
2. Unanimous Supreme Court: Trump Stays on Ballot 
3. The Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus is shrinking again
4. State Hospital pretends to make changes in wake of slaying of staffer
5. Rate Hike News: Comments Sought on next round of renewable energy procurements
6. Rate Hikes Coming: Hawaiian Electric Tinkers with Solar Subsidies
7. Change in Law Makes 8% of 'Renewables' Disappear
8. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2024
9. Mayor allocates $80M for COVID hazard pay
10. Hawaii Lawmakers Take Campaign Money From Hawaiian Electric
11. State to embark on search for geothermal energy sources
12. Prefab buildings in Lahaina to house wildfire survivors
13. CNHA’s Latest Grift Could Lead to Lawsuit
14. Supporters Say ‘Abuse Of Power’ Is At The Heart Of Senate Committee’s Rejection Of UH Regent

1. Lahaina aid should be about quality, not quantity
2. Tax Hikes Based on Scorn for Taxpayers
3. Comments Sought on Oahu District Judge Nominees
4. There is Room on Mauna Kea for Both Culture and Science
5. Short-term rental owners stand firm for their rights
6. Lawsuit Against Honolulu City and County for Infringing on Concealed Carry Rights 
7. Amended Return Equals Guilty Plea 
8. Green’s April Fools Day TVR Ban will lead to ‘substantial legal action’
9. Time will tell if gov’s housing hurdles will trip him
10. HB2781: Will Rail GE Tax Subsidy be Cut of in 2031?
11. Legislature: Most Ethics Bills Didn’t Even Get a Hearing
12. How A Team Of Dedicated Cops And Scientists Sorted Through Ash And Rubble To Identify Lahaina's Fire Victims
13. This alleged Miske assault was just business
14. Sen Fevella: “Figure out a way so we can break legs”
15. Senate passes bill on felony charges for habitual assaults
16. Hawaii's Assisted Suicide Law Changes in 2023: More Access, Fewer Safeguards
17. Federal Farm Census Shows Hawaii Loses 10% of Farms in Decade

1. REP. BERTRAND KOBAYASHI ANNOUNCES FUTURE RETIREMENT FROM LEGISLATURE
2. City Council adopts Climate Ready Oʻahu, the City’s first climate adaptation strategy, as guiding policy document for the City
3. Blangiardi submits FY2025 budget proposals to Honolulu City Council
4. 149 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
5. SB3381: Hundreds of Lahaina Residents Oppose Landgrab Bill
6. Green Against FEMA Trailers for Lahaina
7. Move afoot to kill stadium redevelopment amid wildfire recovery need
8. Officials report receiving Aloha Stadium bids--won’t say how many     
9. PUC Secret Briefings on Rolling Blackouts
10. Witnesses in Miske trial have described several unreported assaults

1. NOAA proposes national marine sanctuary in Papahānaumokuākea
2. 2nd Maunakea telescope decommissioning to begin
3. COFA Renewal Now Before Congress
4. January Tourist Count Down 3.6%
5. Waive permitting fees to help Maui residents rebuild faster 
6. Rebuilding Nonconforming Structures After Lahaina Fire
7. Unions Squeeze Lawmakers: ‘Stop The Bleeding’ of OUR State Cash To Pay For Maui Fire Victims
8. De Fries’ selection criticized: Former HTA chief voted in as first Maunakea authority director
9. Embattled UH regents chair vows to seek second term
10. Salesforce's Marc Benioff tracked journalist in Hawaii
11. Child Molester: State Gives one day sentence, Feds Give 40 yrs
12. Autopsy results in homeless youth’s death put spotlight on dearth of treatment beds
13. Want To Boost Hawaii Aquaculture? Remove The Barriers

1. EXTENDED: Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
2. Hawaii Worst State to Be Middle Income from a Tax Perspective
3. Climate Activist And Liberal Billionaire Quietly Gobbles Up Rural Land In Hawaii
4. Major Energy Companies Ask SCOTUS To Intervene In Hawaii Climate Lawsuit
5. BS Busted: Green Caught Lying About Number of Vacation Rentals
6. Structural, Intractable, Pervasive: The Ali’i Trust Agenda
7. Council adopts ‘monster homes’ measure
8. Judge Denies Defendant Request to use Alleged Hit Contract to Generate Delay Trial In Kaneshiro Case
9. ‘That’s A Lot Of Money’: Maui Council Signs Off On Funding For Private Security In Lahaina Burn Zone
10. Senate Bill Would Boost Salary Cap For Hawaii Schools Chief To $300K
11. Shoplifter? Thank a Legislator
12. Witness Intimidation: Buntenbah to forfeit house?
13. Hawaii Legislators: QUEST should buy drugs for the Homeless
14. Honolulu's On The Hook For Another $100K Defending Ex-Cops Sued Over Makaha Crash
15. Chronically polluted beaches in Hawaii continue trend, Surfrider report finds

1. Green Launches Compensation Fund for Lahaina Dead, Injured
2. Unlicensed Midwives Sue State
3. Bills increasing costs for tourists moving through Hawaii Legislature 
4. Lahaina: State Senators Push for 1,000 Permanent FEMA Units 
5. Not so Smart: Affordable Housing Loss Study Debunked
6. Lahaina: Army Corps of Engineers Transfers Temporary School to DoE
7. SB3196: Senate Committee Waters Down Gun Control Bill
8. Global Warming Solution: Convince Tourists to Stay Longer in Hawaii
9. State Grabs for Rail Tax Money
10. Maui family forced to move away claims landlord displaced them to house fire survivors
11. Senate Panel Rejects Confirmation Of Interim UH Regents Chair
12. 2 teens arrested following alleged sex assault of special needs student at Oahu middle school
13. Assault Rifles And Shotguns Would Still Be Allowed In Hawaii Under Amended SB3186
14. Kalaupapa Tours Remain Shut Down 4 Years After Pandemic Closure
15. Kakaako: Complete Streets a Complete Mess
16. Arson? Kauai Fire Deals $20 Million Blow To Affordable Housing